Summary

I love data exploration, analysis, and visualization. I have experience in experimental design, statistics, and R programming, and am currently learning Python as well. I’ve given talks in all sorts of contexts, from conferences to public talks to board meetings, and I enjoy the process of breaking information down and making it digestible and useful for a variety of audiences (nothing tests your understanding like explaining it in simple terms). I love writing in general.

My group evaluates new automotive safety systems, including collision-warning systems and automated vehicles. Currently, I analyze the results of large-scale studies of these systems, characterizing their effectiveness and user acceptance. Although I started off in the natural sciences, I transitioned to working with engineers via a Ph.D. in experimental psychology.

Though currently based in Cambridge, MA, I have lived in Germany and the UK.

I also serve as the Secretary of the Board for the Massachusetts Chapter of the Fulbright Association.

Education

University of Cambridge, Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, UK, 2010

Dissertation on experimental research into the development of avian cognitive strategies

Enthusiastic writer; authored more than ten white papers and coauthored six published reports

Frequently present results to clients and spoke at Society of Automotive Engineers conference

Dept. of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Doctoral Researcher, 2005 – 2009

Designed, executed, and statistically analyzed a series of behavioral experiments, resulting in a 77,000-word dissertation, a poster presentation at an international conference and seven talks in which results were presented and defended before leading experts in the field

Communicated complex concepts to general audiences through a popular-science article in La Recherche (French equivalent to Scientific American), poster presentations at the Cambridge Science Festival for three years, and two publicly advertised lectures